Category Archives: History

On April 25th, Seymour Duncan Custom Shop manager Maricela Juarez (MJ) and art director Andreina Diaz attended a historical concert by the legendary Maná at Los Angeles’ Staples Center.   Maná is the most influential band out Latin America since the late 80s  – the equivalent of U2 or The Stones for Spanish speaking countries. They set…

This video shows the process of making a pickup in the Seymour Duncan Custom Shop. Whatever tone you are dreaming of, we can help you get it. Shown in the video is the Phat Staple which gives a nice jazz tone in the neck and a nice lead tone in the bridge. If you have…

In a special episode, Seymour jams with his record producer and Scott Marceau gives an update on what is happening in the world of Duncan. Seymour then joins Bob Bain for a talk on his long and accomplished career.

In episode 3 Seymour Duncan and Maricela Juarez talk about all the artists we have worked with over the years. We also show the Ken Meyers 911 guitar, talk Dynasonic, Seth Lover, and have a special interview with Jimmy Vivino of Conan.

In this episode of From The Custom Shop, we talk Charlie Christian pickups, The BIG Pickup, take questions about splicing wires, the uniqueness of P.A.F’s and several questions on good recommendations for Telecaster tone.

In our first episode, Seymour Duncan and Maricela Juarez take you into the Custom Shop and talk tone, history, and answer your questions.

About 2 months ago, we came upon a very talented musician who was uploading videos to YouTube with some real soulful playing. Having made 74 videos, we tracked down this mysterious player (whose videos usually are shot below the neck) and had a chat with him about his life as a guitar player.

Join us tomorrow (2/22/12) at 11am PST for a live feed with Seymour Duncan and Maricela Juarez in the Custom Shop. Tweet us your questions and get the answers live on the air. Watch here

Seymour Duncan recently took on a project to restore John Oates (Hall & Oates) original Fender Stratocaster to all its ’80s glory. After taking detailed measurements, pictures, and studying old photos of the guitar, Seymour took to bringing the tone, look and feel back to where it was when John Oates was jamming out “Maneater”,…

Recently the legendary Appetite for Destruction guitar visited Seymour Duncan as Slash was experiencing increasing problems with microphonic feedback. The video below chronicles the process of Seymour personally examining Slash’s guitar and working his magic on the pickups. This guitar was the Les Paul clone used to record Appetite for Destruction. After receiving the guitar back, Slash…